Temporary Employment Attorney

NYLAG; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Life insurance

Long term disability

Commuter benefits

Flexible spending accounts (FSA)

Job summary

NYLAG is hiring a Temporary Staff Attorney for 6 months to work on unemployment insurance cases. The attorney will review a docket, advise CAPU/ELP Directors, and represent clients on unemployment matters.

The role is in New York, with supervision by the Employment Law Project Director and the Community Access Programs Unit Director. Requires JD and NYS Bar, up to five years’ experience in employment law, and strong communication and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school and NYS Bar admission are required.
• Up to five years of employment law experience preferred.
• Experience handling unemployment insurance cases is preferred.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills with clients and colleagues.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and organizational skills with keen attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to respond promptly to high-volume communications.
• Demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
• Committed to ethical and client-centered representation models.

Responsibilities

• Analyze a docket of approximately 150 unemployment cases to determine next steps.
• Provide direct representation, advice, and consultation on unemployment insurance law matters.
• Litigate a smaller docket of cases at the appeal level.
• Complete administrative duties including updating NYLAG case management records and coordinating case closing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Client-centered representation

Team collaboration

High-volume communications

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school

Admitted to the New York State Bar

Job description

About NYLAG:

Founded in 1990, NYLAG is a leading civil legal services organization combating economic, racial, and social injustice by advocating for people experiencing poverty or in crisis. Our services include comprehensive, free civil legal services, financial empowerment, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community partnerships. NYLAG exists because wealth should not determine who has access to justice. We aim to disrupt systemic racism by serving individuals and families whose legal and financial crises are often rooted in racial inequality. NYLAG goes to where the need is, providing services in more than 150 community sites (e.g. courts, hospitals, libraries) and on our Mobile Legal Help Center. NYLAG’s staff of 410 impacted the lives of nearly 129,000 people last year.

Job Description

NYLAG’s Community Access Programs Unit (CAPU) and Employment Law Project (ELP) have an immediate opening for a Temporary Staff Attorney (6 Months) to work on an existing docket of unemployment insurance cases. The Staff Attorney will review and analyze Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board cases, propose next steps to CAPU and ELP Directors, and advise and represent clients on pending unemployment insurance cases. The Staff Attorney will be supervised jointly by the Director of the Employment Law Project and the Director of the Community Access Programs Unit.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze a docket of approximately 150 unemployment cases to determine next steps.


• Provide direct representation, advice, and consultation on unemployment insurance law matters.


• Litigate a smaller docket of cases at the appeal level.


• Complete administrative duties including updating NYLAG case management records, maintaining and updating files and case notes, and coordinating case closing of cases.


• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school, admission to the NYS Bar.


• Up to five years of employment law experience.


• Experience handling unemployment insurance cases preferred.


• Demonstrated strong communication skills with both clients and colleagues.


• Demonstrated strong analytical and organizational skills with keen attention to detail.


• Demonstrated ability to respond promptly to high volume communications.


• Demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively with a team as well as independently.


• Committed to ethical and client-centered representation models.

NYLAG’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

NYLAG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, immigrants, veterans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people, and those with lived experiences in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.

Employment type

Temporary (6 Months)

Professional Level

X Professional

Salary Range

NYLAG is a unionized workplace, and salaries are set pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. The current salary range for this position is between $90,262 and $100,532, pro-rated for time worked (6 Months).

Benefits

• Medical


• dental


• vision


• 401k


• life insurance


• long term disability


• commuter benefits


• flexible spending accounts (FSA) for Medical and Dependent care